Australia's Casey Stoner has never finished on the podium before at Indy.

Australia’s Casey Stoner is hoping to turn his fortunes around at Indianapolis this weekend, chasing his first podium at the historic American circuit.

Stoner’s dream season continued in the Czech Grand Prix where he made short work of the field and cruised to a dominant victory, building a 32-point lead in the series.

For Stoner to continue his record of podium appearances in every race he’s finished this year he’ll have to conquer one of his least welcoming tracks. The Brickyard may well be Stoner’s worst track over the past three years and the only current track where he’s never finished on the podium.

“In the past seasons the track at Indy has been extremely bumpy and also slightly dangerous, so I’m looking forward to going there and riding the new surface,” Stoner said.

“It will also be nice to ride the Honda there, as it took a lot of work to get the set up right on the Ducati at such a peculiar circuit.

“I’ve only ridden the circuit in 2008 and 2010 and we were pretty competitive there last year, but then I lost the front in the race, so it will be good to get there, test the new surface and get to work on the set up on my RC212V.”

In the inaugural 2008 running he was a distant fourth in the hurricane-shortened race. The following year he was on a brief hiatus while treating a medical issue and last year he crashed. Considering his accomplishments this season, his history at IMS shouldn’t mean much.